He also coined the term “New Jack Swing,” a name that defined a fusion of R&B and Hip-Hop music in the late ’80s and early ’90s. Barry Michael Cooper continued to expand his influence as a ...

Businessman Ronald Perelman announced on Wednesday that he has donated $75 million to move forward with building a performing arts center at the World Trade Center site, Michael Cooper of the New York ...

Barry Michael Cooper, the acclaimed screenwriter best known for his "Harlem trilogy" consisting of the films "New Jack City" (1991), "Sugar Hill" and "Above the Rim" (both 1994), died Wednesday of ...

Barry Michael Cooper, a writer who penned the screenplay ... Prior to his screenwriting success in the 1990s, Cooper was a music critic for The Village Voice between 1980 and 1989.

Cooper was more than a screenwriter. He was a storyteller whose pen immortalized Harlem’s struggles and triumphs. With New ...